Pile-wire lubricator.



PATENTED DEG. 12, 1905.`

W. TUNSTALL.

PILE WIRE LUBRIGATORn APPLICATION FILED FEB. B, 1904.

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No. 807,406.' PATBNTED DEG. 12, 1905.

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PILE WIRE LUBRIGATOR. A'PYLIGATION FILED rEB.e,19o4.'

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WILLIAM TUNS'IALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAANIA, ASSIGNOR TO IVINS,DIETS AND METZGER COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VAN IA, ACORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA. l

PILE-WIRE LUBRICATOR.

Z0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known 'that I, WILLIAM TUNSTALL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philad elphia,Penns'ylvania, have invented Improvements inPile-Wire Lubrieators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a pile-loom with means forlubricating the pilewires in a more effective manner than is possiblewith the devices now in use for the purpose. This object I attain inthemanner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in .which- Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and partlyinelevation, of sufiicient of a pile-loom to illustrate my presentinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section on the line a a,Fig. 1. Fig.x3 is .a section on the line I) b, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is asectional view illustrating` another and simpler form of lubricatingdevice within the general scope of my invention, and Fig. 5 is a planview of the lubricator shown in Fig. 4.

Referring first to Fig. 1' of the drawings, 1 represents part of thefixed framework of a pile-loom having bearings for a shaft 2, which ofthe fixed structure of the loom, this slide is connected by a link 16 toa lever 17, which' is hung to a suitable bearing on a transverse beam 18of the frame and carries a vessel 19 for containing the oil or otherlubricant which is to be applied to the pile-wires. Hence as the shaft 2is rot-ated movement in a substantially vertical plane will be impartedto this vessel. Within the vessel 19 is a frame, one of whose side barsor plates 20 bears against specification of Letters Patent.

Application led PQlJI'US-ry 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,577.

Patented. Dec. 12, 1905.

one of the side plates of the vessel 19, while the other is providedwith one or more lugs 21, bearing against the opposite side of saidvessel. In these plates 20 are formed bearings for two shafts 22 and 23,each carrying a lubricating-block in the form of a roller 24, groovedfor the reception of a belt 25, as shown in Fig. 2, the shaft 22 alsohaving a spurwheel 26, which meshes with a spur-wheel 27 on a shaft 28,the latter passing through a ,stuffing-box 29 on the vessel 19 and beingprovided at its outer end with a ratchetwheel 30.

A bar 31, suitably clamped to the beam 18, has mounted upon ita pawl 32,which is acted upon by a spring 33, forward movement of the pawl beingrestricted by contact of the same with a pin 34 on the bar 31, as shownin Fig. 3. Whenever, therefore, the vessel 19 approaches thelimit of itsdownward movement, the pawl will engage with the ratchetwheel 30 andwill impart movementvthereto.

oil applied to its surface at one point will diffuse itself laterallyover the entire surface.

The vessel 19 is located at the point where l the pile-wires are beingwithdrawn from the rows of pile-loops, and its movements are so timedthat during the withdrawal of each wire the vessel Vwill be raised so asto bring the periphery of the upper roller 24 into Contact with "theback of the wire, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Hence the oil is appliedonly to the back edge of the wire and in very small quantity, owing tothe fact that the oil is present on the surface of the Vroller 24 onlyin the form of a very thin film. In this respectrny invention is animprovement upon the devices heretofore in use and which consists ofbrushes, pads, or swabs, the latter usually of textile iibers which areheavily saturated with Every reciprocating IOO lubricant and are more orless deeply indented by the Wire, and hence applythe oil not only to theback of the Wire, but also to the sides of the same. The roller 24Whichl employ is of resisting material, the term resisting meaning amaterial which Will not be indented by its ordinary contact with theWire, and hence will not have any tendency to apply oil to the sides ofthe Wire as well as to the back of the same.

Some of thel essential features of my invention may be embodied in adevice in which the oil vessel 19 is stationary and in .which thesurface whereby the oil is applied to the Wire has no rotating movement,one instance of such a device being shown in Figsl and 5, in which theoil-receiving vessel is represented at 35, said vessel havingani'inturned flange 36 at the top with central opening for the receptionof a block or plug 37, of Wood or other capillary material presenting aresisting-surface, the rise of the block, owing to its buoyancy whenpartially submerged in the oil., assisted, if need be, by a spring 38,projecting its beveled upper end into the path of the advancing seriesof pile-Wires, as shown in Fig. 4, and contact of the first pile-wire ofthe series with said beveled upper end of the block causing slightdepression of the latter and insuring' such close contact of the sameWith the under side of the pile-Wire as Will result in the desiredtransference of the proper amount of lubricant from the surface of theblock to the back of the Wire as the latter is being Withdrawnfrom theweb of cloth. In order to provide a proper body of oil, the vessel 35 isincreased in dimensions in its lower portion, and to facilitate theaccess of the `oil to the upper surface of the block 37 the latter isVprovided with a surrounding Wicl 39 or other textile body having greatercapillarity than the block itself, this wick being contained in acentral groove in the block, Which groove at the top of the block isdeeper than the size oi" the Wick, so that it serves to prevent anycontact of said Wick with the sides of the pile-Wire. rIhe Wick may bedispensed with if the block 37 has itself suiiicient capillarity.

It Will be evident that in carrying out my invention thelubricating-block may be caused to contact With the pile-Wire either asthe latter is being Withdrawn or as it is being inserted, the formerplan being prefer`red,'as the Wire is then under better control and theproper contact oi' the lubricating-block With the vvire is more certain.The modification shown in Figs. 4L and 5 is introduced simply toillustrate one of the broader embodiments of my invention, and I lay noclaim thereto other than as it may be included Within the scope of mybroader claims.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A pile-Wire lubricator for looms, consisting of ablock of resisting material, disposed so as to contact With the back ofthe pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of the same, and meansfor supplying said block with lubricating material, substantially asspecified.'

2. A pile-Wire lubricator for looms, consisting of a block of capillarymaterial, presenting' a resisting-surface and disposed so as to'contactwith the back of the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of thelatter, and means for supplying said block With lubricating material,substantially as specified.

3. A pile-Wire lubricator for looms, consisting of a block of resistingmaterial disposed so as to contact with the back of the Wire during theeinsertion or Withdrawal of the same, and means, comprising a reservoirof lubricant and a Wick or other body of textile material, for supplyingsaid block with lubricant, substantially as specified.

4. A pile-wire lubricator for looms, consisting ot' a block of resistingmaterial disposed so as to contact with the back of the Wire during theinsertion or Withdrawal of the same, and means comprising a reservoir oflubricant and a Wick or other body of textile material, contained in agroove in the block, for supplying said block with lubricant,substantially as specified.

5. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a lubricating-block, disposedin line With the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of thesame, said blockI being combined With means for applying lubricatingmaterial thereto and with means for moving it positively from and towardthe back of the pile-Wire, substantially as specified.

6. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a lubricating-block disposed inline with the pile-Wire during th'e Withdrawal or insertion of the same,a reservoir for supplying said block with lubricating material, andmeans for positively moving said reservoir and its lubricating-blockfrom and toward the back of the Wire, substantially as specified.

7. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containing lubricatingmaterial, and a roller of resisting material journaled in said vesseland having a belt depending into the lubricating material therein, saidroller being located so as to contact With the back of the pile-Wireduring the Withdrawal or insertion of the same, substantially asspecified.

8. AA pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containinglubricating material, a roller -journaled in said vessel and located soas to contact with the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion ofthe same, means for supplying oil to the surface of said roller, andmeans for imparting intermittent movements of partial rotation to saidroller, substantially as specied.

9. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containing lubricatingmaterial, a roller IOC IIO

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journaled in the upper portion of said vessel, another roller submergedin the lubricating material in the vessel, a belt connecting the tworollers, and means for imparting move- 5 ment of partial rotation to theupper roller,

substantially as specified.

lO. A pile-wire lubricator,comprisinga ves'- sel containing lubricatingmaterial, a frame removable from said vessel, and having upper and lowerrollers mounted in it, a belt connecting said rollers, and means forimparting movement of partial rotation to the upper roller,substantially as specified.

11. A pile-wire lubricator,comprising a vessel containing lubricatingmaterial, a roller journaled in said vessel,means for raising andlowering the vessel so as to carry its roller from and toward the backof the pile-wire, and mechanism, having as elements a ratchet and pawl,whereby su ch movement of the lubricating vessel is caused to impartmovement of partial rotation to the lubricating-roller, substantially asspecied.

12. A pile-wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containinglubricating material, means for positively raising and lowering saidvessel, and a roller journaled in said vessel, and having a beltdepending into the lubricating material therein, said roller beinglocated in line with the pile-wire during the Withdrawal record of thecase in the Patent Olce.

[SEAL] cirnsertion of the same, substantially as speci- 13. A pile-wirelubricator, consisting of a vesselcontai-ning lubricating material, aroller journaled in said Vessel and locatedin line with the pile-wireduring the withdrawal or insertion of the same, means for raising andlowering said lubricating vessel, and means for imparting intermittentmovements of partial rotation to the roller therein, substantially asspecified.

14. A pile-wire lubricator, consisting of a Vessel containinglubricating material, a roller journaled in the upper portion of saidvessel and located in line with the pile-wire during the withdrawal orinsertion of the same, another roller submerged in the lubricatingmaterial in the vessel, a belt connecting the two rollers, means forraising and lowering the lubricating vessel, and means for impartingmovements of partial rotation to the upper roller, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM TUNSTALL. Witnesses:

DAVTD C. ANDERSON, FREDK. J. KLEINHANS.

It is hereby certified. that the name of the assignee in Letters PatentNo. 807,406, granted December l2, 1905, upon the application of' WilliamTunstall, of' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement inPile-VVire Lubricators. was erroneously written lund printed Ivins,Diets and Metzger Company, whereas the said name should have yeenWritten and printed Ivins, Dietz and Metzger Company; and that the saidLetters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the samemay conform to the Signed and sealed this 26th day of December, A. D.,1905.

F. I. ALLEN,

Omnmssioner of Patents.

journaled in the upper portion of said vessel, another roller submergedin the lubricating material in the vessel, a belt connecting the tworollers, and means for imparting move- 5 ment of partial rotation to theupper roller,

substantially as specified.

lO. A pile-wire lubricator,comprisinga ves'- sel containing lubricatingmaterial, a frame removable from said vessel, and having upper and lowerrollers mounted in it, a belt connecting said rollers, and means forimparting movement of partial rotation to the upper roller,substantially as specified.

11. A pile-wire lubricator,comprising a vessel containing lubricatingmaterial, a roller journaled in said vessel,means for raising andlowering the vessel so as to carry its roller from and toward the backof the pile-wire, and mechanism, having as elements a ratchet and pawl,whereby su ch movement of the lubricating vessel is caused to impartmovement of partial rotation to the lubricating-roller, substantially asspecied.

12. A pile-wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containinglubricating material, means for positively raising and lowering saidvessel, and a roller journaled in said vessel, and having a beltdepending into the lubricating material therein, said roller beinglocated in line with the pile-wire during the Withdrawal record of thecase in the Patent Olce.

[SEAL] cirnsertion of the same, substantially as speci- 13. A pile-wirelubricator, consisting of a vesselcontai-ning lubricating material, aroller journaled in said Vessel and locatedin line with the pile-wireduring the withdrawal or insertion of the same, means for raising andlowering said lubricating vessel, and means for imparting intermittentmovements of partial rotation to the roller therein, substantially asspecified.

14. A pile-wire lubricator, consisting of a Vessel containinglubricating material, a roller journaled in the upper portion of saidvessel and located in line with the pile-wire during the withdrawal orinsertion of the same, another roller submerged in the lubricatingmaterial in the vessel, a belt connecting the two rollers, means forraising and lowering the lubricating vessel, and means for impartingmovements of partial rotation to the upper roller, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM TUNSTALL. Witnesses:

DAVTD C. ANDERSON, FREDK. J. KLEINHANS.

It is hereby certified. that the name of the assignee in Letters PatentNo. 807,406, granted December l2, 1905, upon the application of' WilliamTunstall, of' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement inPile-VVire Lubricators. was erroneously written lund printed Ivins,Diets and Metzger Company, whereas the said name should have yeenWritten and printed Ivins, Dietz and Metzger Company; and that the saidLetters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the samemay conform to the Signed and sealed this 26th day of December, A. D.,1905.

F. I. ALLEN,

Omnmssioner of Patents.

Correction in Letters Phtent No. 907,406.

It is hereby certified. that the nainlfd if the :lssignvfe in LvtflvrsPah-nt Nn. 807,406, granted December 12, 1905, upon the npplicalion ifWilli-ain Tunstall. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement inPile-Wm LnlJrir-fimrs." was i-rrmwously wriltwn 1nd printed Ivins. Dietsand Mntzgvr Company," lwrlms tllw sind name should have een written andprimed hmm Dial: fmfl Allwrzgw ('mnjnmy; and Ilm( Lhv Huid LeitersPilt/ent :should be read with this cnriwAi-Aiiun lharl-in thai theLszinw muy minfin-m bu the record of the case in the Patent (V)f`fi ;el

Signed and sealed this 26th davy of llucmnlwr, A. D.. ltlllf.

[SEAL] l` l A LLEN,

( 'ommz'woner of PatientsA

